Photo: G. Edward Johnson · CC BY 4.0Chevy Chase Village sees less violence than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Property crime averaged 25.6 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, compared with 29.3 in the rest of Maryland. Weighing it all, Chevy Chase Village earns C+ for safety, with more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MD” is every other Maryland city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What’s behind Chevy Chase Village’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Chevy Chase Village’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Crime in Chevy Chase Village per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Chevy Chase Village property | Rest of Maryland property | Chevy Chase Village violent | Rest of Maryland violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24.9 | 30.7 | 0.0 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 27.2 | 30.3 | 0.0 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 24.6 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Maryland.
51 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
0 violent and 51 property, as reported to the FBI by Chevy Chase Village’s police.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Chevy Chase Village | Rest of Maryland | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Chevy Chase Village’s police reported 0 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Maryland and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
No one died in a crash on Chevy Chase Village’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Maryland towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (5.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Chevy Chase Village’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Chevy Chase Village’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Chevy Chase Village and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevy Chase Village | C+ | 0.0 | 25.6 |
| Bethesda | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bethesda is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Maryland towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevy Chase Village | C+ | 0.0 | 25.6 |
| Pittsville | A | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Snow Hill | B | 1.9 | 6.2 |
| Greensboro | B− | 2.6 | 8.2 |
| Hurlock | C− | 4.5 | 16.6 |
| Landover Hills | D− | 12.3 | 53.8 |
The five graded Maryland towns closest to Chevy Chase Village’s population (1,978), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Chevy Chase Village. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Chevy Chase Village’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,077 in 2025); our figure for Chevy Chase Village is 1,978 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Chevy Chase Village
Is Chevy Chase Village, MD safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Chevy Chase Village reports more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Maryland and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Chevy Chase Village?
0.0 violent and 25.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Maryland reports 8.4 and 29.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Chevy Chase Village?
Chevy Chase Village’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Chevy Chase Village”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.